Wagon-tongue support.



No. 734,836. PATENTED JULY 28, 1903.

H. -B'. EDGAR.

WAGON TONGUE SUPPORT.

, APPLIUATION I'ILED NOV. 26, 1902.

N0 MODEL.

UNITED STATES Patented July 28, 1903 PATENT ()FFICE.

HARRY B. EDGAR, OF COLECAMP, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OFTWO-TIIIRDS TO HENRY V. ENLOE, OF OOLECAMP, MISSOURI.

WAGON-TONGUE SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 734,836, dated July 28, 1903.

Application filed November 26, 1902. Serial No. 132,920. (No modal.)

' To all whom may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY B. EDGAR, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Co1e-,

camp, in the county of Benton and State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Wagon-Tongue Support, of ing is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in wagon-tongue supports.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of wagon-tongue supports and to provide asimple, inexpen which the followsive, and efficient device adapted to be readily applied to a vehicle and capable of yieldingly supporting the tongue in an elevated position to relieve the draft-anim als of strain.

A further object of the invention is to provide a tongue-support of this character which a will be capable of ready adjustment to enable the tongue to support additional whiffletrees and which will prevent the tongue, when supported, from bending or breaking its pivot in accordance with this invention.

of the lower adjustable serrated plate. 6 is a detail view of the clip-plate.

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The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claim hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevaa tion, partly in section, of a portion of a vehicle provided with a tongue-support constructed Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view on the line 3 3-of Fig. 2. Fig. i is a detail View of the upper serrated plate. Fig. 51s a similar View Fig.

Like numerals of reference designate cor-t responding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

. Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a clip-plate or bracket having perforations 2 for the reception of a bolt or other suitable means for securing it to the front axle 3 of a lower face of the upper plate 12.

rod or bar 5 is provided near its rear end with a collar or flange 8, against which abuts the rear end of the coiled spring 9, disposed on the rod and engaging a depending web, or

flange of a lower adjustable serrated plate or block 11, which engages an upper serrated block or plate 12. The flange 1O depends from the front end of the plate or block and is provided with an opening 13 for the reception of the front portion of the rod or bar 5, which has its front end 14 bent downward to form a stop for preventing the separation of the adjustable block or plate 11 when the,

parts are assembled and secured to the running-gear, as shown. The flange 10, which is arranged at the front of the block or plate, is supported by tapering side flanges 15, and the latter depend from the block or plate 11, which is also provided with short upwardlyextending flanges 16,forming arecess or groove for the reception of the upper plate 12. The

block or plate 11 is provided between the up wardly-extending side flanges with transverse corrugations 1'7, and it has a longitudinal slot 18. a The corrugations form approximatelytriangular ribs or teeth which engage similar ribs or teeth 19, formed by corrugating the The upper plate 12 is secured to the lower face of the tongue bythe hammer-strap bolt 20, which passes through a central perforation 21 of the upper corrugated plate and which also extends through the slot of the lower plate or block. The upper plate is provided at its 'endswith lugs 22, which fit in sockets of the lower face of the tongue to prevent the upper plate from turning on the bolt 20. The bolt is adapted to be loosened to permit the lower block or plate to be moved backward and forward to raise and lower the tongue.

By adjusting-the lower block orplate backward the tongue is raised, and it maybe yieldingly supported by the same at the desired elevation without liability of bending or breaking the pivot-rod ofthe tongue through any stiffness of the latter.

It will be seen that the tongue-support is exceedingly simple and inexpensive in construction, that it possesses great strength and durability, and that it is adapted to be readily applied to a vehicle. It will also be seen that the parts are readily adjustable and that the spring which sustains the weight of the tongue is supported by the rod, which may be readily connected to and disconnected from the lower adjustable block when the parts are detached, but which cannot become separated when the parts are assembled and secured to the running-gear.

Instead of providing lugs for preventing the upper plate from turningon the hammer-strap bolt the plate may be folded to the tongue at opposite sides of the center, and I desire it to be understood that various changes in the form, proportion, size, and minor details of construction within the scope of the appended claim may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

What is claimed is The combination of a running-gear, a rod pivoted thereto and having a downwardly and outwardly curved deflected front end, an upper serrated plate provided with means for interlocking it with the tongue, a lower serrated plate adapted to engage the upper plate and provided with upwardly-extending flanges which embrace the upper plate and constitute a guide, said lower plate having also depending end and side flanges, the end flange having an opening for receiving the 

